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Session Descriptions New, More Efficient Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Capabilities for Consumer Payment Processing When Disaster Strikes! Beyond Technical Disaster Recovery to True Business Continuity Planning Fires in Southern California! Floods in Atlanta! Ice storms in New England! Never has the need for Disaster Recovery (DR) for your Billing and Remittance processes been more pronounced. Furthermore, the inherent difficulty in preparing a comprehensive Disaster Recovery plan is amplified by the need to incorporate both paper and digital in disaster planning. It’s enough to make any CFO’s head spin. While much of DR planning is focused on the technical aspects of DR, technical recovery is just one step towards achieving true Business Continuity. There are no easy answers, but there are some key strategies that a company must employ to ensure it’s properly prepared when the time comes. This session will teach you how to develop Business Continuity Planning (BCP) strategies that are responsible, comprehensive and protect your vital business processes. Utilizing real-world case studies and experience with BCP planning for companies of all sizes in many different industries, the presenters will discuss best practices for developing the competence and confidence to tackle this thorny but crucial risk management issue. Global Treasury Basics — with Special Focus on China Risk of Liquidity Investing Supplier Challenges and Perspectives on P-Card Acceptance Purchasing Cards experience double digit growth year after year, yet remain only a small piece of the overall B2B payments landscape. This presentation, delivered from a supplier's point of view will discuss the unequal value a P-Card transaction creates between supply-chain partners and the financial impact this has on card-accepting suppliers. Advanced Global Treasury — Levels of Control Payment Fraud Check Fraud is alive and well – almost doubling in the past 3 years at the nation’s banks. Even as your organization looks at more diverse payment types – eliminating checks is a long way off. Take a look at check fraud, why it matters to you, and some of the basics of check fraud prevention. This session will give an overview of check and payment fraud today, some things your bank should be doing, as well as what you can do to ensure that the risk of check fraud losses are at a minimum for your organization. Discovering Gold in the AFP Treasury Services Toolbox RDC-Best Practices for the Corporate and FI Project Management The Interdependency of Banking, Economics and Cash Management Has that bank down the street recently changed their name? Have you seen a change in the value you need to place on bank fees when preparing next year's budget? Without using a crystal ball, do you think you can anticipate additional changes to come in the near term? Explore the trends in the banking, economic and cash management landscapes. Learn how world events, the movement of rates, declining check volume, record growth of electronic transactions and regulatory requirements have worked together to impact the players in the banking landscape and Card Payments Update Organizations are constantly striving to reduce costs, improve efficiency and generate additional revenue. New technologies in the commercial card area are making the card an attractive way to accomplish these goals. Learn more about how commercial cards are being integrated into the e-procurement process. The RFP: A Vehicle to the Outer Limits of Productivity or Inefficiency: How to Effectively Wield this Powerful Instrument Managing Through a Turbulent Economy Business Ethics — What Every Professional Needs to Know! The session will focus on What Every Professional Needs to Know as it concerns personal Ethical conduct. It will review what Ethical actions "are" and explore "what" and "how" one’s actions affect their company and their personal lives. We will discuss "who is responsible” for acting ethically and how these actions affect others. We will take a personal ethics quiz and understand how compromising theses 'little things' affect public policy as to our laws and regulations. We will also explore how to say "no” with tact. Finally, we will look at how these ethical choices can bring harm to our companies and other international transactions with real life examples. The New Frontier: Using Your Mobile Device to Conduct Business Risk Management (Currencies and Commodities) NACHA Update Business Development at Purdue University This presentation gives an overview of Purdue's efforts to move innovations out of the lab and into the commercial mainstream. The discussion will focus on business development-related centers and initiatives including: Discovery Park, Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurship Center, Purdue Research Park, Office of Technology Commercialization, and the new Emerging Innovations Fund. Treasury Workstations in Action Reality vs Hype: The Truth About Bank Pricing and Treasury Services This presentation is an up to date review of trends in bank pricing and treasury service usage, based on the market research from the Blue Book of Bank Prices™, the 2007 Phoenix-Hecht Middle Market Monitor™, and the 2008 Cash Management Monitor™. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the U.S. market for treasury services and what to expect from their banks. The session will focus on discussion topics that include:
Growing Challenges with Global Cash Management Globalization has brought new opportunities for Corporate America including the expansion of international operations. But along with the opportunities globalization has created a slew of new challenges: administrative, cultural, management legal issues. Since this activity is focused on profits and more specifically cash generation, managing that cash and dealing with currency risks associated with the cash presents significant and growing treasury challenges. This presentation will address the various tools and solutions available to today’s treasury manager. Topics to be covered include:
The presentation would close with a case study addressing the topics highlighted and a question and answer session. Back Office Conversion and Optimized Routing: A Revolution in Depository Processes Online Cash Management Security: Beyond the User Login Are you taking advantage of all the security features built into your online banking system? Criminals are more sophisticated and relentless in their use of technology allowing them to reach more potential victims while remaining anonymous. Learn how to protect your company utilizing FIRREA and SOX compliant features that are at your fingertips. PCI Compliance The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) which is spearheaded by the major credit card companies, spells out specific steps retailers, service providers, banks and others who process credit cards must follow to keep customer credit card data secure. Businesses that fail to comply with the standard can face fines, audits and the loss of credit card transaction privileges. This session will focus on:
Emotional Intelligence Through a brief overview of Emotional Intelligence, participants will learn the major aspects of increasing their interpersonal and political skills. Self-awareness and self-motivation provide the foundation for empathy and relationship management with others. By learning how to handle the emotional aspect of any interaction as well as we handle the factual aspect, we can increase our ability to manage any outcome toward a mutually beneficial end. Vista...What's Different and What to Expect Windows Vista represents a significant change in desktop computing as Microsoft looks to sunset the familiar Windows XP. Changes that range from what to expect from the user interface, to what will run and what won’t, to licensing costs, and deployment. Come and lear about Vista...What’s Different and What to Expect. Discovering New Payment Media: Exploring the Alternatives |